Johnny Paycheck - "Take This Job And Shove It"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIjEauGiRLo
Remember our Golden Rule...Backup, Backup then...Backup Again...
Before you tell your Boss to take their job and shove it, make sure you have another job to go to ;-)
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Sunday, July 7, 2019
5hVnz Song of the Month...
Aloe Blacc - Ticking Bomb - Live...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLnxItNuyzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLnxItNuyzw
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Happy 4th of July...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!
Happy 243rd Birthday to the United States of America!
This day means something different to everyone although it doesn't have to be if you just pay attention to the facts...
Simply put, "The colonies were upset because they had no real representation in the House of Commons. The British government imposed taxes on tea, stamps etc. In addition, they imposed various taxes on trade. The northern colonies were manufacturers and seamen. The southern colonies had trade and it was with England. In addition, the British government tried to offset their cost from the French and Indian War on the backs of the colonies. But the main point was taxation without representation. No one wants to pay taxes without having a say."
Now that you know the facts why don't you get out there and have some fun, while you still can...
We'd also like to give a shout out to the Thirteen Colonies that stood up for us in our time of need and the sacrifices they endured...
This design of the flag got official status in the Flag Resolution of 1777. This resolution was passed by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The resolution stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." Hence, the flag design comprised thirteen alternating red and white stripes with a circle of thirteen stars representing the thirteen colonies on a bed of hemp, the material the first American flag was made out of. The circle of stars was borne on a blue canton.
Be it Betsy Ross or Francis Hopkinson, the legends and myths surrounding who designed the first American flag adds to the intrigue of the American history. This aspect of the first American flag history may be difficult to solve. Nevertheless, history and symbolism of the American flag highlights the fact that it represents the untiring spirit of a nation to stand for its rights and beliefs.
...it represents the untiring spirit of a nation to stand for its rights and beliefs...
There are a handful of people that have come out against our American Flag and that is their God given right and the right of the 1st amendment that gives them that right...
However, the narrative they are creating is a history they choose to remember and not the history of what that flag represents...
A history of our nation may be good bad or indifferent as with the history of every nation in this World, but the fact remains, it's history and should never be forgotten or removed...
This is our American Flag and the same flag that gives you the right to speak your mind regardless of the content so be thankful for that...
It has evolved since then, but it still represents the tumultuous time that our nation and its people struggled against and will never be forgotten or removed from our History...and that's a fact!
Monday, July 1, 2019
5hVnz Month of George Michael...
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song written by English singer Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded in 1974 by Elton John for his studio album Caribou and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song found further success in 1991 in a live cover version recorded as a duet between John and George Michael, which reached number one in the UK and US.
The roots of the collaboration trace back to March 13, 1985, when John presented Michael with the songwriter of the year honor at the Ivor Novello Awards in London. They became fast friends and soon began contributing to each other's albums. In July of that year, they first performed "Sun" together at Live Aid.
Michael was born to a non-musical family in Bushley, Hertfordshire, England on June 25th, 1963. He wisely chose to change his name from Georgios Panayiotou to George Michael after his band Wham! started to gain popularity.
As you've noticed we have taken a personal interest in this particular individual and even bypassing our monthly song of the month...
A 1/3 of the way through the month we thought about putting up a song of the month, but it wouldn't be fair to George...
It wasn't until recently when we heard the song "Careless Whisper" on the radio is when our interest grew about George Michael...
It wasn't even the whole song that got our interest, it's towards the ending of the song where he lifts his voice on these lyrics:
WOW, it's been so long since we've heard a voice like that and now it's gone...
It's also been a long time since we've heard lyrics that were this well thought out and written with such substance...
Then we heard "White Light" and realized that we had forgotten about George Michael, and that made us sad...
George Michael said that the only way to get noticed in America was to constantly promote yourself on TV and coincidentally enough was one of the reasons he left America...
Americans had forgotten about him, we had forgotten about him and for some reason feel that what we've done here this month was a way to catch up with the time we lost with him...
It wasn't until we noticed the Venue he filled with his shows in London that this statement resonated with us...he was loved, beloved, honored, respected and definitely remembered...
George Michael loved England and England Loved George Michael...
This also makes us sad, because on December 25th 2016 George Michael died of natural causes alone in his home...
To us this is the most tragic end to someone that was adored by so many to just die alone without any one there to hold his hand, or to know what he might have said before he died, or just knowing that someone out of all the millions was there to comfort him...
Fadi Fawaz you weren't there for him in his time of need and coincidentally enough George is not here for you in your time of need because he didn't leave you anything and what you're doing now is self-loathing in the guilt you have and in the process destroying a Man's legacy while causing further pain to his True Family...
You may feel loss, you may feel pain and the family recognizes this and is why they've agreed to pay you millions of dollars for you to just leave, so take the money and leave...
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael, isn't yours Fadi Fawaz he's all of ours and it's time you allow him, us and his family to rest in peace by freeing him, let him go, but your memories as well as all of our memories of him are ours and that can't be taken from you...and that's a fact!
Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid 1985)...PURE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECN_wgw55lc
YOU'RE FREE...
The roots of the collaboration trace back to March 13, 1985, when John presented Michael with the songwriter of the year honor at the Ivor Novello Awards in London. They became fast friends and soon began contributing to each other's albums. In July of that year, they first performed "Sun" together at Live Aid.
Michael was born to a non-musical family in Bushley, Hertfordshire, England on June 25th, 1963. He wisely chose to change his name from Georgios Panayiotou to George Michael after his band Wham! started to gain popularity.
As you've noticed we have taken a personal interest in this particular individual and even bypassing our monthly song of the month...
A 1/3 of the way through the month we thought about putting up a song of the month, but it wouldn't be fair to George...
It wasn't until recently when we heard the song "Careless Whisper" on the radio is when our interest grew about George Michael...
It wasn't even the whole song that got our interest, it's towards the ending of the song where he lifts his voice on these lyrics:
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one's gonna dance with me
Please stay
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one's gonna dance with me
Please stay
WOW, it's been so long since we've heard a voice like that and now it's gone...
It's also been a long time since we've heard lyrics that were this well thought out and written with such substance...
Then we heard "White Light" and realized that we had forgotten about George Michael, and that made us sad...
George Michael said that the only way to get noticed in America was to constantly promote yourself on TV and coincidentally enough was one of the reasons he left America...
Americans had forgotten about him, we had forgotten about him and for some reason feel that what we've done here this month was a way to catch up with the time we lost with him...
It wasn't until we noticed the Venue he filled with his shows in London that this statement resonated with us...he was loved, beloved, honored, respected and definitely remembered...
George Michael loved England and England Loved George Michael...
This also makes us sad, because on December 25th 2016 George Michael died of natural causes alone in his home...
To us this is the most tragic end to someone that was adored by so many to just die alone without any one there to hold his hand, or to know what he might have said before he died, or just knowing that someone out of all the millions was there to comfort him...
Fadi Fawaz you weren't there for him in his time of need and coincidentally enough George is not here for you in your time of need because he didn't leave you anything and what you're doing now is self-loathing in the guilt you have and in the process destroying a Man's legacy while causing further pain to his True Family...
You may feel loss, you may feel pain and the family recognizes this and is why they've agreed to pay you millions of dollars for you to just leave, so take the money and leave...
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael, isn't yours Fadi Fawaz he's all of ours and it's time you allow him, us and his family to rest in peace by freeing him, let him go, but your memories as well as all of our memories of him are ours and that can't be taken from you...and that's a fact!
Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid 1985)...PURE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECN_wgw55lc
YOU'RE FREE...
Saturday, June 29, 2019
5hVnz Month of George Michael...
"Too Funky" is a song written and performed by English singer George Michael and released by Columbia Records in the United States and Epic Records elsewhere in 1992. It reached number one in Denmark and became a top-ten hit in several regions, including Europe, Australia and North America.
"Too Funky" was Michael's final single for his recording contract with Sony Music before he started legal action to extricate himself from his contract. "Too Funky" had been initially earmarked for a follow-up to the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 but Michael shelved the idea, instead donating it, along with two other songs, to the project Red Hot + Dance, which raised money for AIDS awareness. Michael subsequently donated the royalties to the same cause. The song didn't appear on any of Michael's studio albums, although later it was included on his solo collection Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael and in the 2017 reissue of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, which also featured the two other songs from Red Hot + Dance and its B-side "Crazyman Dance", all of which were recorded for the aborted follow-up of the 1990 album.
"Too Funky" reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992 and became that year's most played record in Europe. As of October 2017, the single sold 168,000 copies in UK. In the US, the single debuted at number 84 on Billboard Hot 100, reaching its peak position of number 10 by its fourth week. It sold more than 500,000 copies, being certified Gold by the RIAA.
In Australia, "Too Funky" became the biggest gainer song ever in the top 50 of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart when it jumped from number 50 to number 8 (42 places), before reaching its peak position at number 3. "Too Funky" held this record until 2009, when "3" by Britney Spears rose from number 50 to number 7 (43 places). In Canada, "Too Funky" peaked at number 6 on the RPM singles chart.
George Michael - Too Funky...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2DVwSVIIo
"Too Funky" was Michael's final single for his recording contract with Sony Music before he started legal action to extricate himself from his contract. "Too Funky" had been initially earmarked for a follow-up to the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 but Michael shelved the idea, instead donating it, along with two other songs, to the project Red Hot + Dance, which raised money for AIDS awareness. Michael subsequently donated the royalties to the same cause. The song didn't appear on any of Michael's studio albums, although later it was included on his solo collection Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael and in the 2017 reissue of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, which also featured the two other songs from Red Hot + Dance and its B-side "Crazyman Dance", all of which were recorded for the aborted follow-up of the 1990 album.
"Too Funky" reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992 and became that year's most played record in Europe. As of October 2017, the single sold 168,000 copies in UK. In the US, the single debuted at number 84 on Billboard Hot 100, reaching its peak position of number 10 by its fourth week. It sold more than 500,000 copies, being certified Gold by the RIAA.
In Australia, "Too Funky" became the biggest gainer song ever in the top 50 of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart when it jumped from number 50 to number 8 (42 places), before reaching its peak position at number 3. "Too Funky" held this record until 2009, when "3" by Britney Spears rose from number 50 to number 7 (43 places). In Canada, "Too Funky" peaked at number 6 on the RPM singles chart.
George Michael - Too Funky...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2DVwSVIIo
5hVnz Month of George Michael...
"One More Try" is a song recorded by the British singer George Michael from his debut solo studio album, Faith (1987). It was released on 11 April 1988 as the album's fourth single by Columbia Records. The song hit number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The song was the fourth of seven singles to be released from Michael's debut solo album Faith. A ballad at almost six minutes in length, the song lyrically explores a young man's hesitancy to enter/revisit a new relationship because he had been emotionally hurt so many times previously. The song concludes with temptation taking over, and Michael ends by singing the title for the only time.
"One More Try" remained a live favourite at Michael's concerts in the years which followed, although its radio airplay tends to be restricted to specific "Love Songs"–esque features because of both the tempo and the length.
Filmmaker Tony Scott ("Top Gun") directed the simple music video for the song, which features George singing alone in an empty apartment. The first shot of the video alone lasts a little over two minutes, ending at the beginning of the second verse. Throughout, a grey-blue light can be seen shining into his window, a metaphor for loneliness. In another scene, he attempts to draw a heart on his bathroom cabinet's glass door, but cannot finish the heart, as at this point, sadness and grief have taken over. His furniture can also be seen with drapes over each piece, as well as the curtains drawn, another lonely metaphor.
In regards to her version of "One More Try", Knight said "Everyone knew who George Michael was, but this song is when he became the real thing in my mind. He channeled a gospel sound, black America, ate it up, Britain followed and then the whole world. I took that sound, and going back to my own church roots, I ran with it."[ George Michael endorsed Knight's version of "One More Try" stating, "I'm always flattered by cover versions of my songs – especially when they are sung as beautifully as this. Thank You Beverley".
George Michael - One More Try (Official Video)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG5N3GC-m20
(Beverley Knight / One More Try...)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GjOr5EOTY)
The song was the fourth of seven singles to be released from Michael's debut solo album Faith. A ballad at almost six minutes in length, the song lyrically explores a young man's hesitancy to enter/revisit a new relationship because he had been emotionally hurt so many times previously. The song concludes with temptation taking over, and Michael ends by singing the title for the only time.
"One More Try" remained a live favourite at Michael's concerts in the years which followed, although its radio airplay tends to be restricted to specific "Love Songs"–esque features because of both the tempo and the length.
Filmmaker Tony Scott ("Top Gun") directed the simple music video for the song, which features George singing alone in an empty apartment. The first shot of the video alone lasts a little over two minutes, ending at the beginning of the second verse. Throughout, a grey-blue light can be seen shining into his window, a metaphor for loneliness. In another scene, he attempts to draw a heart on his bathroom cabinet's glass door, but cannot finish the heart, as at this point, sadness and grief have taken over. His furniture can also be seen with drapes over each piece, as well as the curtains drawn, another lonely metaphor.
In regards to her version of "One More Try", Knight said "Everyone knew who George Michael was, but this song is when he became the real thing in my mind. He channeled a gospel sound, black America, ate it up, Britain followed and then the whole world. I took that sound, and going back to my own church roots, I ran with it."[ George Michael endorsed Knight's version of "One More Try" stating, "I'm always flattered by cover versions of my songs – especially when they are sung as beautifully as this. Thank You Beverley".
George Michael - One More Try (Official Video)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG5N3GC-m20
(Beverley Knight / One More Try...)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GjOr5EOTY)
5hVnz Month of George Michael...
"Father Figure" is a song by English singer George Michael from his debut studio album, Faith (1987). It was released on 28 December 1987 as the album's fourth single by Columbia Records. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Additionally it was a top 5 hit in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.
The music video depicts a relationship between a cab driver (Michael) and a high-fashion model (Tania Coleridge). Various intercut flashbacks tell a backstory. Michael and Andy Morahan won "Best Direction of a Video" at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards for the video.
George Michael wrote and produced this track by himself, and it was recorded for his debut solo album Faith, released in 1987.
George Michael didn't ever specifically reveal what 'Father Figure' was about, but a lot can be gleaned from its lyrics.
Speculation: Whoever he was singing to, he wants to play the father or "teacher" role and act out the figure that Princess Diana and other women, men and young fans wanted him to be. He wanted to be their protector.
George Michael - Father Figure...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9hfHvQSNo
The music video depicts a relationship between a cab driver (Michael) and a high-fashion model (Tania Coleridge). Various intercut flashbacks tell a backstory. Michael and Andy Morahan won "Best Direction of a Video" at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards for the video.
George Michael wrote and produced this track by himself, and it was recorded for his debut solo album Faith, released in 1987.
George Michael didn't ever specifically reveal what 'Father Figure' was about, but a lot can be gleaned from its lyrics.
Speculation: Whoever he was singing to, he wants to play the father or "teacher" role and act out the figure that Princess Diana and other women, men and young fans wanted him to be. He wanted to be their protector.
George Michael - Father Figure...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9hfHvQSNo
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